{"product_id":"9781838777975","title":"The Shadow King : The brand new 2023 historical epic about Alexander The Great from the Sunday Times bestseller","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Sidebottom, Harry \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 November 2023 by Zaffre in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e163 x 243 x 42 | 654g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOR A KING TO RISE, ALEXANDER THE GREAT MUST FALL . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new historical fiction epic from one of Britain's best-loved authors shines new light on the greatest hero of the Ancient World, Alexander The Great.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e334 BC. Alexander the Great is just twenty-one years old when he sets out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, his Macedonian army marches East into the unknown - winning battles against overwhelming odds, storming impregnable fortresses from the Aegean through to India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is another Alexander. Prince of the Macedonian royal house of Lyncestis, he becomes Alexander the Great's general and most trusted friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander of Lyncestis is torn: between this friendship and the duty to avenge his murdered brothers. And he is under threat, too. Others - Persians, Greeks, Macedonians - see him him as a rival for the throne. For six years of conspiracy and battle, his life hangs by a thread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Alexander of Lyncestis is the Shadow King.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Harry Sidebottom's historical novels:'An extraordinarily vivid take on the ancient world' - EVENING STANDARD'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' - ANDREW TAYLOR'More twists and turns than the Tiber itself' - RORY CLEMENTS'Explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama' - GUARDIAN'Blazes with searing scholarship' - THE TIMES'A storming triumph' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Epic' - MARY BEARD'Brilliant' - BEN KANE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45796724146416,"sku":"9781838777975","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781838777975.jpg?v=1713554314","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9781838777975","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}